On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 11:26 +0100, Tom Brown wrote:> Hi
>
> I have got 8 Sun x4100's and i have got the following on there
>
> Linux xxxxxx04 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Jun 30 10:32:04 EDT 2006
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> I have found an issue where every hour the load rises to 1 sits there
> for nearly an hour and then drops to 0 again (these boxes are not
> currently being used)
>
> Has anyone seen this before or know perhaps why this may happen? When
> the load is high there is nothing showing in a top that may suggest a
> reason.
>
First thing to do is look in /etc/cron.hourly/ (and /etc/cron.d/ ) to
see what is running when it starts:
also a "ps -efm" might show threads not in top.
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